Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar ... The season, including Ash ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

which are celebrated on the same date every year – such as Christmas – Easter and the entire Lenten season are based on the lunar cycles of the Hebrew calendar. So the dates vary from year to ...

Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of Lent. Here's when Lent begins ...

Liturgical Revisions of 1969 The Fathers of Vatican II called for a revision of the liturgical calendar. The liturgical year was to ... and one each for the seasons of Advent, Christmas and Easter.

Unlike other holidays, the date that Easter Sunday falls ... also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season, though eating fish is ...